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Superhuman Ceo Rahul Vohra

Acquired

Superhuman Ceo Rahul Vohra

Please take the 2019 Acquired Survey. It takes 5-10 minutes, helps us immensely, and you may win a pair of new AirPods or a free 1-year subscription to the LP show! http://acquired.fm/survey We wrap up Season 4 with a very special (and accidental!) episode, a conversation with the CEO of Superhuman, the red hot email productivity app which just announced…

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  1. Who Is Rahul Vohra at 3:52

    Rahul is the CEO of Superhuman, a wildly popular email app that's changing the way we interact with our Inbox. Full answer

  2. Why Did Rahul Start Rapportive at 5:17

    Rapportive was started to satisfy Rahul's own need. Full answer

  3. What Was the Rapportive MVP at 7:59

    Rapportive started as a Firefox extension primarily because all the early adopters were still using Firefox. Full answer

  4. How Did LinkedIn Go About Acquiring Rapportive at 8:42

    Linkedin initially approached Rahul with a request to stop using a third-party API to acquire their data, and as an entrepreneur would, Rahul requested they… Full answer

  5. Why Did Rahul Vohra Start Superhuman Email Client at 13:10

    Rahul was looking for a massive market, and while email was getting bigger, it was also been getting more underserved. Full answer

  6. Did Rahul Consider Any Other Ideas Before Starting Superhuman at 16:52

    Rahul believes that every founder has a startup that is meant just for them, something they are destined to fix, and when they do, the world will get behind… Full answer

  7. What Is Rahul Vohra's Email Product Superhuman? at 20:02

    On Acquired, Superhuman CEO Rahul Vohra called the product the fastest email experience ever built. Full answer

  8. What Was the #1 Value Proposition Superhuman Had to Get Perfect at 21:02

    Speed was the top priority. Full answer

  9. How Did Rahul Validate the Need for Superhuman at 21:43

    Rahul put a splash page for Superhuman where the only thing people could do was to sign up for the upcoming product. Full answer

  10. What's One Clever Way in Which Rahul Was Able to Acquire New Users for Superhuman at 23:34

    When Mailbox, previously sold to Dropbox, was getting shut down, Rahul wrote a lengthy blog post entitled " How to survive an acquisition ." Full answer

  11. How Did Superhuman Win Against Free Alternatives at 26:45

    Superhuman positioned themselves as the Tesla of email. From the very beginning it was going to be a premium tool for a premium market. Full answer

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